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The Egyptian Museum situated to the northwest of the Liberation Square. It is known by the world's largest and finest collection of Egyptian and Greco-Roman antiquities. The Museum was founded in 1857 by the French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette. It occupies the large range of buildings (1897-1902).
Several days would be required to watch the whole collection. Visitors who are pressed for time (as me!) would do well to confine themselves to the celebrated treasures of Tutankhamun and a selection of the Old Kingdom material.
The Museum is open Saturday-Thursday 9.00-16.00, Friday 9.00 – 12.00 and 14.00-16.00.
The entrance fee LE50 ($10).
It’s better to visit the Museum in the afternoon because it’s overfilled in the morning.
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Just as I'm doing here, returning to the Egyptian Museum for at least one more visit is something you really should try to do before you leave Cairo. There is just so much to see here, it is impossible to even contemplate taking it all in on a single visit. If you are returning to Cairo from a visit to the great sites down the river you will certainly want to come back to put the things you have seen into a proper historical perspective and even if you haven't left Cairo there are many things to bring you back - the beauty of the artifacts; the fascination of the many facets of Egyptian life that are portrayed in the collections of funerary goods- models of daily life, furniture, models of sun boats and much more; the splendours of King Tutankhamun's tomb; the dazzling gold; the macabre hush of the room housing the Royal mummies; intimate little sculptures of men and their wives ... on and on it goes.
I have been told by someone just returned from a visit to Cairo that photography is no longer permitted at all in the museum. All cameras had to be left at the entrance and bags were x-rayed as visitors went through. It's a pity if that is the case - it certainly was worth the 10EL camera charge we paid to be able to take photos. Leave a Comment Phone: (202)5782448Directions: Entry charges to all museums and historical sites in Egypt were increased in November 2005 so current guidebooks on the market will almost certainly be out of date. You'll need to allow about 50% more in your budget for entries.Website: http://www.egyptianmuseum.gov.eg
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Try to visit the Museum when they open, early in the morning. Not too many people is there so you can check the master pieces by yourself.
The city want to make a huge museum next to the pyramids as this is too small. In this way is not necessary to drive into the city.
A guide is very recomended, otherwise you will be lost.
The most impresive room is the Tutankhmon one. It has all the pieces of his tumb.
Check in the main door if you can take pictures for free, sometimes they charge. Leave a Comment
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In front of the Egyptian Museum, in the courtyard, two Sphinxes, a small fountain and other stone statues can be found.
The fountain, with lotus and papyrus plants, represents the two parts of Egypt: the upper part and lower part.
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At the Egyption museum you can pay an extra price to visit the mummies room and is well worth it,I took my son in with me and was expecting to see mummies still wraped,what a shock we had,you can see their hair and teeth hands and feet.They are in glass units which are temperture controlled. Leave a Comment
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This is the most crowded museum i have ever seen. From outside, you would have thought it's a warehouse sale....judging by the look of anticipation on everyone's face.
There are so many things to see! Of course the famous Tutankhamun's room! The treasures are in a black room with iron gates. You won't miss it. Very Very crowded!!! Be prepared.
Pls visit the Animal Mummy Room....it's amazing...how they mummified these creatures and how they were reared for the sole purpose of mummification.
Of there there's the mummy's room, you would need to pay extra for that. I don't know whether's it's me or what, but they only accept EP but not USD for this mummy room. I had a hard time trying to change money. So get ready your EP.
You would need more than 1 day to see the important artefacts. But i had only 3 hrs there! I practically ran around in the musuem to catch what i really wanted to see.
I will encourage you to read up more on the rooms and see which are the ones that you really don't want to miss. Leave a Comment
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An absolute MUST.
Photography is now forbidden , but even when allowed flash wasn't ,so pictures were not good, especially as they were behind glass too.
Everything in the room where the coffins and mask are is worth a close look, the jewellery and other objects are beautiful too. It makes you wonder what must have been buried in the tombs of the great Egyptian pharaohs.
A good book on the treasures of Tutankhamun and his time is Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt's classic Tutankhamen: Life and Death of a Pharaoh (1990)
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During the tour of the Egyptian museum with our guide, Mohammed, I learned a very interesting fact. You can spend 8 hours a day, for 9 months, and still not see everything there is to see here. From the gold mask of King Tut, to the jars that hold the internal organs of the mummies, there are unique artifacts big and small to see. The papyrus art was unbelieveable, the huge statues of the pharoahs.... too much to describe for you here. Definitely well worth the admission price (about $5). Leave a Comment
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Probably one month will not be enough for exploring those 120,000 objects housed by the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
If you have only two hours, as we did, you should not miss Tutankhamon's room and the Mummies Room.
For the Mummies Room the extra ticket bought at the entrance to the Room (inside the Museum) costs LE 70-.
Above the museum's entrance are written the year the construction started (1897) and the one when it was finished (1901) and is also represented the goddess Hathor (with curly hair), art protector.
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The Egyptian Museum houses almost 100,000 various exhibits and nearly 40% of them have never been exhibited. Some of them can be seen outside in a beautiful garden. The treasury from the famous Tutankhamun's tomb can be seen here including the 11 kg-gold mask of this boy pharaoh.
It is always very crowded in the museum and it's probably best to have a tourist guide to explain you all the great details about the exhibits.
There is a little gift shop near the front door with a lot of postcards, bookmarks, books etc in it. Leave a Comment
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